Samir Sayah

Joined CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre in 2006

Education

• Law and administrative sciences degree from Algiers University
• Bar admission certificate (CAPA).

Books and papers

• Articles "Droit Algérie"
• Articles algerian taxation in Newsletter and Flashs CMS Tax Connect
• Update guide "S'implanter en Algérie" (Mission économique française, 2008/2009)
• Co-author of Newsletter CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre "Maghreb" and "La fiscalité et la promotion de l'investissement en Algérie" (Business Oxford Review Group 2005)
• Editor of the book " Hydrocarbures et commentaires sur la loi en Algérie"" (KPMG, 2005)
• Participation in drafting and update guide "Investir en Algérie" (KPMG, 2004)

Awards and ranking

• Chambers Global 2011 Algeria/Corporate/Commercial: Foreign Legal Consultants
  Band 1: Samir Sayah heads the Algiers office. He comes highly recommended by clients for "his excellent knowledge of the Algerian market" in addition to his "professional approach, proactive and helpful manner and understanding of the commercial arena."
• Legal 500 EMEA Algeria 2011 - Energy
  CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre Algérie’s Samir Sayah, an Algerian-qualified lawyer, leads a team advising on foreign investments, infrastructure projects and oil and gas matters.
• Legal 500 EMEA Algeria 2011 – Corporate and M&A
  CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre Algérie’s Samir Sayah is a ‘very good lawyer’, and has recently been advising major international corporations in the oil and gas sector. The firm has a specialist tax practice but also advises on regulatory and project financing matters. Notable clients include Shell and Halliburton.
• IFLR 1000 2011 – Algeria / financial & Corporate
  French consultancy CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre is only one of two foreign consultancies with a strategy that offers broad corporate financial legal advice. The firm has set up in Algeria twice, in 1959 and then again in 2007. Samir Sayah heads the team and is supported by Jean-Jacques Lecat and Amine Sator (formerly of local firm Cabinet Sator).
• Chambers Global 2010- General Business Law: Foreign Legal Consultants: Algeria
  Band 2: Samir Sayah is one of the country's leading tax experts and is described by clients as "on the ball and customer-responsive." (…).
• Legal 500 EMEA 2010 :Algeria, M&A Corporate
  "CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre is strong on tax and takes on major international corporate transactions. Office head Samir Sayah is ‘a tax specialist but also has very good knowledge of general Algerian law’."
• Legal 500 EMEA 2009 : M&A Corporate – Algeria
  Paris-based CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre opened an Algeria office in 2007 to service petroleum and infrastructure clients. The office (is) headed by senior associate Samir Sayah.